Yes, again!!! A week ago, thanks to Miles Irving, I coerced me into putting a bunch of elderflower in my mouth.. .. last weekend Helene Darroze stuffed me with many pretty flowers. I did not go to HD’s 2-starred restaurant but her cosy offshoot Espelette at the Connaught Hotel for a late afternoon …
Do I care for cupcakes? No, I don’t. I seriously don’t. I can never understand the cupcake allure. My other bib has it that I suffer from Francophilia and my heart only beats at the sight of good madeleines.. very well diagnosed indeed! That said, them cupcake shops that have mushroomed recently in London invoked …
I was standing next to Colbeh but my eyes strayed from its fiery clay oven to this little shop of sugary curiosity just opposite, Cocomaya. To cross the street or not was totally not a question. My legs did their job before my brain could even rationalise or my eyes checked there were no cars …
Early Saturday morning. One quiet street. Two zombies – moi et my other bib. On the way to one ambiguous location in SE1. Your guess was right. It was “ambiguous” as in I didn’t have the last bit of the postcode. I only knew, from my other bib and an unconfirmed source of information from …
What is “fashion” and what is “fashionable”? Everybody, it seems, interprets those terms differently. I do admit I have a hard time editing content for my London “Fashion” Eat fortnight. If “fashion” suggests “trend” and “fashionable” means “trendy”, we will only be strictly talking about great food with great ambiance populated by fat and skinny …
MADELEINE!!! Yes, I am obsessed with madeleine and in London, oddly enough, I have had my best madeleine moment at one extremely British establishment St John Bread and Wine. During my last trip to Paris, I was keen to hunt for the perfect madeleine. Day 1: My little research first directed me towards this little, …